Ruth Nettleton

Ruth Nettleton passed away on November 13, 2024

Ruth Malmquist Nettleton was born on April 13, 1931, to Gus and Lima Griffin Malmquist in Ekalaka, MT. She was raised on the ranch 20 miles northwest of Ekalaka on H7 Creek. Ruth attended grade school at the O'Fallon School and graduated from Carter County High School in 1949.

Shortly after graduating, she began working in Miles City. Her older sister and her husband, Jean and Elwood Lynch, came to visit and talked her into going back to Helena with them. She worked in various jobs there until beginning work as a bookkeeper at Fort Harrison, the...